BDA deadline for early bird bookings

on 9 February 2011

The deadline for ‘early bird’ bookings for British Dental Conference and Exhibition is nearing.

Members of the dental community have until 28 February to take advantage of special ‘early bird’ ticket prices for the 2011 British Dental Conference and Exhibition, which will take place at Manchester’s Central Convention Complex from 19-21 May.

Further savings on the regular ticket prices can be achieved by booking online.

The event, which this year has a theme of Essential Innovations, will feature an array of top level speakers.

Sportswoman Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson (above), 11-times Paralympic gold medallist, six-times winner of the London Wheelchair Marathon and now a renowned motivational speaker, provides the keynote address for the event.

Raymond Bertolotti, private practitioner and clinical director in Biomaterials Science at the University of California, and Richard Simonsen, founding dean at the College of Dental Medicine at Midwestern University, Arizona, lead the array of expert clinical speakers.

They will be joined by Paul Lambrechts, professor of restorative dentistry and head of department of operative dentistry and dental materials at Leuven University Dental School in Belgium, head of prosthodontics at King’s College London Dental Institute David Bartlett and UK clinical director for the California Centre for Advanced Dental Studies and general dental practitioner Ken Harris.

The event will feature a varied social programme including a black tie dinner at the five star Radisson Edwardian Hotel on Saturday 21 May, Britain’s largest dental industry party at the Tiger Tiger nightclub on Friday 20 May and a complimentary exhibition hall drinks reception on Thursday 20.

This year’s VDP ball, featuring a drinks reception, three-course meal and entertainment, will be held at the glamorous Palace Hotel.